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File List 1.2 does file renaming for free

by Cory Bohon Feb 5th 2008 at 10:00AM

I love it when I find freeware that is not only functional, but practical. File List is no exception. File List is an awesome utility that allows you to quickly and easily change batches of file names quickly. There are many types of ways you can rename the files including: find and replace, number, change case, and more.

This is nearly identical to the Automator action "Rename Finder Items." However, for those of you who don't want to sit through creating an Automator workflow, then this might be the application for you! In my opinion, one of the coolest features of this application is being able to create a "droplet." These droplets allow you to simply set up the action you want, create the droplet, then just drag your files and drop them on it to run the action on the files.

This very creative piece of software also won a 3.5/5 from MacWorld's Mac Gems review. This software is available for free (donations accepted) from the Many Tricks website.

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Peter Maurer

>>[…] it is PowerPC and not universal binary. To me that means it's ancient, boo!

February 06 2008 at 5:17 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Peter Maurer

We're currently putting the finishing touches on an updated File List version! Thanks for your patience. :-)

I'm replying to my last comment since the tuaw blog software deleted the statement of my posting.

February 06 2008 at 5:19 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rob

FileList is still only a PPC Binary but it seems to work fine on Intel Macs via Rosetta. I wish they updated the program to a Universal Binary.

I prefer Renamer4Mac since it is a universal binary. If you are renaming a lot a files, Renamer4Mac will likely be faster.

February 05 2008 at 2:08 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Noah Dietterich

Works great in the toolbar of my finder windows, since it picks up the selection without dropping and closes with cmd-W

February 05 2008 at 1:13 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Astroboy

I'm big on r-name myself, it's free and been around forever :)

February 05 2008 at 11:58 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Chris

What about the Script Menu.menu item. I've been using that since OSX was released. Under Finder Scripts is everything you need to batch rename a selection of files you have open in a Finder window. It's there, it's free, it's useful. No need for this "app" since it probably just calls the Applescript on everyone's machine.

I know, people who aren't me can't find the menu. I don't know why Apple hid it after 10.2 but it's still there in System > Library > Core Services > Menu Extras

It's one of the most useful collection of scripts for Apple day-to-day work and it's buried. Why?

February 05 2008 at 10:53 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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DF

Chris, I recommended the Finder scripts in the review Cory linked to. However, the available scripts are fairly limited; File List (and several other similar utilities) offer many more options and are considerably more powerful than the included AppleScripts.

February 05 2008 at 2:58 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
5cents

I also use renamer4mac. While Filelist is a nicer looking (and better laid-out) program to me, it is PowerPC and not universal binary. To me that means it's ancient, boo!

February 05 2008 at 10:37 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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DF

FYI, as noted in the linked review, a Universal version of File List is in the works.

February 05 2008 at 2:55 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
hallohallohola

I use FileList1.2 very often. However it has an annoying issue: it doesn't show up as an app when you use cmd-tab to switch between open apps. And it doesn't have a menu. In fact, it doesn't seems an "app" at all.
Still very very useful.

February 05 2008 at 10:34 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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brian

Yeah, that's pretty strange that there is no menu. I wonder why it's built like that...

February 05 2008 at 11:34 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
robogobo

it isn't an app, just a front for Automator scripts.

February 05 2008 at 5:34 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Pete Zich

I use Renamer4Mac which is similar to this and also free. Great apps.

February 05 2008 at 10:18 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Simon Arch

Seconded. It's a great little app.

February 05 2008 at 11:53 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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